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i he Official Organ ot Murphy and
Cbcrokt-c County, Norln Carolina
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C. VV. UAILbY . . . Editor-Manager .
Mlb. C. W. BAiLEV. Associate Ed.
1>. W. SAPE Associate Ed
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HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Liu- possession of the latter is so
cioscly dependent on ihe posession of
the former i: actuality that always
the mention of one vf the words
brings tne other up from our association
of words and ideas. It is true,
that happiness may be had without
health but not that complete fulness
of happines- that comes with robust
health ar.d full vital function of ail
the tiod-given powers which is the
consequence of full health. Neither
the full happiness nor the complete
full employment "1 the capacities oi
the individuals is tenlized unless
there is health.
With this before us it becomes the
duly ol the citizen and the community
to protect as far as possible this
priceless posessiou. The preservation
of health and happiness is the
driving power in every individual
and is protected by the instinct of
self persecution, but sometimes this
goal becomes obscured to the indivduaj
through the complicated mazes of
society. Then it is that the community
duty calls for a search to
lind out that which is hiding the bin.
dering menace. This is the function
of our County, State and Federal
Departments of Health, men paid,
whose duty it is to study the prob
lenis of each community and find
means of protecting the individual
rand the group.
It has long been known that every
tubercular cow is cither an actual or
potential center of infection. That
milk is frequently infected with living-,
virulent tubercle bacilli. There
is nothing hypothetical, circumstantial
or inferential about this. It is a
fact of plain, experimentally demonstrated
fact.
In many states and in more than
three-fifths of the counties of this
state this menace to health?this
means of spreading the deadliest anu
most loathsome of disease?has been
eradicated through the co-operation
of County, State and Federal Governments.
It's cost is small and it's
value to the individual and the community
as a whole is inestimable.
This county can obtain this work
at a very low cost. It should welcome
the opportunity. Every in 1
dividual - for every individual is '
affected?should give his approval to
the subject. No peiaon is free from
the possibility of contamination by
this disease spread by infected cattle
in this county.
Think it over?It is Morally Right?
Good Humanity? Economically
SAYS STATEMENT IN SCOUT
"ERRONEOUS AND UNFAIR"
The Scout is in receipt of a letter
from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce
calling attention to an article
appearing recently with reference to
that body advising tourists not to use
No. 10, and that the statement is "erroneous
and unfair".
It is an undisputed fact that No.
10 is the Murphy route from Atlanta
to Asheville. Mr. Lovett, of the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad Company,
stated in his letter that they did
advise him not to take the Murphy
route, and if they advised Mr. Lovett
not to take this route, the question
naturally arises, How many others
have received like advice?
Tourists have been passing through
Murphy over No. 10 every day for
the past several months. Was it "er
roneous" to advise Mr. Lovett that he
could not get through from Murphy
jSHH to AsheviUe over No. 10? Was it
"unfair" to Mr. Lovett to advise him
ji^^^BUj not to take this route that he might
M^D^B view the natural wonders and beautiful
scenery and points of interest in
M^^HB the sections it traverses? Was it "unfair"
to the many splendid towns
HHH along this route?
The letter from the Asheville
Chamber of Commerce is carried below,
with the letter received by Mayor
IIill from Mr. Lovett. Mr. Lovett
revealed the fact thai the condition
exists, and The Scout merely gave
it publicity. The letters follow:
July 26, 1926.
Editor,
The CheroKee Scout,
Murphy, North Carolina*
Dear Sir:
On tiie front page of your issue of
Jay 16th we find an article with the
following heading, "AsheviUc C of C
Advises Tourists Not to Use No. 10".
This statement is erroneous and entirely
unfair to the Ashevilie Chamber
of Commerce.
We receive daily report.; concerning
the condition of detours between ,
Ashevilie and Murphy and similar re-j
ports concerning conditions on the |
connecting roads in Georgia. At;
times these reports have been untavorable
Tile Georgia roads are
not favorably reported now under
wei weather conditions. Construe-1
tioi: on route No. 1U in North Carolina
is progieasing rapidly and will
soon be completed. The detours are
not objectionable except in very bad
weather.
We endeavor to secure and distri
buti- the must accurate information
available. If you will examine our
written ieports, you will find that
they are truthful and impartial. We
are sending hundreds of tourists over
route .N<>. 10 on sightseeing trips.
Our guide map? chow the route to
Murphy and induates the points ol >
interest.
Many of the motorists are inter !
e>ied in seeing the Great Smoky
Mountains. We are distributing
Murphy literature at our information
eountei. We will be glud to distribute
souvenir post cards if they
are furnished by your local Chamber
oY Commerce or any other agency i
inter* stcd. We are spending a great i
deal of time, labor and money in our
uivertising campaign for the Great
Smutty Mountains Natonal Park.
Murphy will certainly profit largely,
ar.d every town on route No. 10 will
be benefitted.
Cordially yours,
F. ROGER MILLER,
Munagci.
Mayor
Murphy, N. C.
Dear Sir:
1 have planned a motor trip from
Atlanta to Asheville, N. C. via Mur
I 11y, uisnsvuie una .'iuuis uup.
1 have just received a letter from
Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, advising
not to go that way but go by
Athens, Gainesville, ns they would not
recomend the Murphy route.
1 am very much disappointed as my
hopes was to come that way. Please
let me know if the road is not open
and good ioad and your view of same.
Please let me know by return mail as
1 expect to leave Atlanta on the 17th
Thanking you for any information
you am give.
T C. LOVETT.
Atlanta, Ga.
120 East Hunter Street.
THE MAJESTY OF THE LAW
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We sometimes catch ourselves
j wondering how to class a prohibition
| agent, is he a benefactor of society
and therefore to be accepted with all
j his works as an exponent of the trend
of a higher civilization? Is the killing
of a seventeen-year old boy in Cherokee
County the inevitable resultant
of forces which we have put in motion
and cannot now control?
On any count the story which appeared
in the Citizen on Sunday does
not make pleasant reading. The killer
may have had justification for the
act; whether he did or not will be
i made manifest in his trial, assuming
! that he is eventually to be tried. The
j statement that he ran away immedij
ately after emptying his revolver into
! the body of his victim may or may
inot be true; if it is true it is hardly
ja strong argument for the purity of
his motves. We assume him to be
innocent of wrong unless and until
he is proved to be guilty.
But justificable homicide or wanton
murder, does a jury's verdict answei
an questions: is tne discovery 01 a
half-gallon of whiskey to be always
and everywhere a portent of death?
Does the punishment fit the crime?
The law, we are told, is the law, and
the voice of the people who make th?
law is the voice of God, but even a
good law may be so enforced as to
become abuse of power. We presume
that even a Federal prohibition
agent has some one over him from
whom he takes orders, and if he interprets
those odrers to shoot first
and to inquire afterwards it is only a
I question of time when public opinion
[ will say that this is not law but tyran.
i ny.
j We admit that prohibition is dif,
ficult of enforcement in any event,
but killing does not make it any easier.
If prohibition is a moral issue,
let us handle it on that basis. If, on
the other hand, it is an iaaue not to
be argued or debated but only to be
enforced by fire and sword if neces
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SPARE THE TREE
The man with the proper civic
spirit investigates before he criticises.
He takes the trouble to bok
into the future of his own heme
town before he condemns it.
The trouble with most critics, as
with the knocker in this picture, ithat
they do not know enough about
the things th?*> criticise. Constructive
criticism is valuable because it
carries with it a full knowledge of
the situation, but just mere km.eking
i> Ignorance oh a rampage.
There is nothing elevating or enlightening
in continually finding
fault, yet the small city frfequi nt y
has this type of citizen with which
to contend; a small minority which
thinks the town is not good enough
for them. But if it depended on
their efforts, there would be no
town at all.
If you know anyone in Murphy
who cannot sec the advantage; of
making this a bigger and better
town, get him to climb the ladder as
our booster friend in the picture has
done, and maybe he will drop the ax.
for he will see fruits galore, enough
for him and everybody in town.
The law governing absentee votes
is certainly headed toward a fight for
survival in the next legislature, when
opponents will seek to have it repealed.
The progress and prosperity edition
of the Hendersonville News of recent
date is a veritable encyclopaedia of
that city's unusual growth during the
past few years. And to Noah Hollowell,
the editor, and his boosting
spirit is due no small measure of
credit for Hendersonvilie's phenomen
al growth.
W. W. Hyde, the popular assistant
cashier of the Bank of Murphy, says
he was much impressed with the
beauty and advantages of Murphy
over a number of other towns visited
in this section recently. More evidence
supporting the theory that you
have to go visiting to really appreciate
the home town.
j sary, let us then frankly declare il
and proclaim once for all that the
! guardians of the law are themselves
above the law, that in their sighl
the ordinary citizen has no rights thai
are worth respecting, and that all
that is left to him, whether he knows
it or not, is the duty of servile obedi.
, ence.?Asheville Citizen.
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>UT. MURPHY. N. C.
HIS TREE
VALUES VERSUS PRICES
Editor Arthur W. Page of The
World's Work made some comment
m his (alk to Uotarv Thursday that
j is highly worth while the considera|
lion of owners of land remote from
this city. This was the editor's dcc!
larntion that he found some country
land here priced higher than
' !: ?i?i on Kong Island thirty miles from
I New York City and its 7.000,000
j ptopte. I
This being the case it is reasonably 1
certain that either the local land is j
priced too high or the near-New.
York area is under-valued. We may
dismiss the latter alternative?neither
New York nor its environs are
given to under-valuing anything that
is theirs. To sustain our prices we
must find some extra ordinary asset !
of value in the land.
It does not contain gold nor ilia-1
monds, and no pretense is made that |
its agricultural worth influences the j
1 price tag in the slightest degree. The
land assets, the only features that j
distinguish it from the Long Island ;
| lenity, are climate and scenery. And!
i acre is a wealth of these in this sec- 1
tion?the supply is considerably
larger than the present demand and j
in fact is enough to meet the normal
demands of home-seekers for a great 1
many years to come.
If these prices are fixed merely for
the satisfaction of owners who do not
wish to sell at any price, no objection
can ?o mn.de, but if the owners really
wish to sell they should take down
their signs and replace them with
lower price t;.gs The entire community
h'?s ; n interest in seeing this
land "move"?in sceine now houses
J go'.ng up there and new settlers there
And the big land owner?representative
of hundreds if not thousj
ands of acres of land?and his neigh.
[ bors, have an even more immediate
interest. Hear the words with the
, hark on of a countryman who called
, I at The Citizen office yesterday morn
, ing and, entirely ignorant of what |
Mr. Page said, confirmed much of
what he said. "No land selling in our
neighborhood," he complained. "Folks
has got the price too high. They
ain't any rich folks going to buy
there because there ain't any golf
courses and such. And folks of just
moderate means ain't going to pay
' those fancy prices. Can't afford it?
1 farming won't pay the interest on the
price. One man from our neighborhood
sold his land at a big price and
I went near Jersey City and bought
1 good land at half what he got here."
"Foolish they are." said this man.
"Put up prices and keep out settlers.
last Traffic
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TOMORROW
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean of Men, University of
Illinois.
KIi.m Hassan. well beloved, was wont
to nay.
When i.tight went wrong or any project
fulled
"Tomorrow, friends, will be another
day?"
And In that fnlth he slept and ao
prevailed
IT IS us foolish to think that tomorrow
will not offer us au opportunity
to correct our mistake*., to
repair our failures, as It Is to think
that these mistakes aud failures will
not have to he paid for. Tomorrow
offers every man another chalice. If
he will only take It. There Is a rait
difference between nutting off until
tomorrow what should he done today
and finding In tomorrow a new day and
a new opportunity to be taken advantage
of. Constantly I see people?
young people, too, who have everything
necessary to success?who fall from
discouragement.
Crlfflth could not get on because he
could never forget yesterday. He had
trade a mistake, he had been dishonest,
and he had had to pay a penalty. He
would not. however, let the penalty
sulltce, hut let the memory of his error
eat into his consciousness, disturb his
day. and haunt Ids dreams. So for a
long time ho wasted his todays In
grlevlpg over his yesterdays.
"You've made a mistake and you've
paid tho penalty," I said to him. "Forget
ahout it.
"Other people don't forget." he said.
"Not many people know about It." I
answered, "and those who do know are
so much concerned ahout their own
affairs and their own petty troubles.
Ihut they are quite unlikely to give
any serious or critical thought to you."
He cnme to see this In time and
made the most of Ids tomorrows.
There is un ant climbing up the window
casing in front of me us 1 write.
A dozen times he tries to reach the
top and as many times he has tried
again mi disco urn god. Finally, under a
little more favorable circumstance,
perhaps, or with a little more persistent
and well-directed effort he goes
over the top and reaches the goal for
which he was striving.
1 can imnglno other ants standing by
and laughing 'ni him, when, aftet so
many failures, he still kept on. It la
the way people do.
It Is said that Paderewskl'a first
teacher of piano gave his young pupil
very little encouragement, lie showed
no particular tulent, things went wrong
with his practicing pretty often.
"Perhaps you'd make a teacher," the
Instructor Is said to have remarked,
"but there is little likelihood of your
ever amountlug to taucli as a player."
ilut the hoy kept on. rememberlne that i
tomorrow would bo another day. Ills
success may well be a lesson to us all.
New day. new hope, new couragal
Let thle be
O aoul, thy cheerful creed! What's i
yeHterday,
With all its bharde and wrack and
Rtlef. to thee?
Forget It. then?here llee the victor's
way.
(ffl, lilt Weelem Newepaper t'nloa.)
FACTORY TOWN NEWS
Mrs. J. A. Rich and children are
visiting friends and relatives at
Mineral Bluff, Ga., this week.
Mrs. Willie Rogers was the guest
of her mother one night last week.
Misses Mattie and Carrie Dockery
were the guests of Miss Evelyn Rich
Saturday night.
Miss Eliza Young from Gastonia,
was a visitor in Factory Town last I
week.
Mrs. Aldecka Rich, aged woman,
died at her home in Factory Town,
duly 16 at 11:30 o'clock. She was
born in 51. She was a well known
woman in Western North Carolina,
and a faithful member of the Baptist
Church from her early life. She
leaves one son, J. A. Rich, who resides
in Murphy, several grandchildren,
two brothers and one sister.
Her remains was carried to Shady
Grove. Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Ugeon Cole and Rev.
J. A. Carroll. Our loss is her gain.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
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u tici^iiuurs ior tneir Kindnesses
during the sickness and death of our
mother and for the many floral offerings.
May God's blessings be
with the greaved ones is the prayers
of the writer.
J. A. Rich and family.
OughtT^have new settlers to help ,
pay taxes and those bonds when they
come due. They are just a keeping J
back progress and yet when tax as- |
sessing time comes they'll holler the
land is taxed too much."
Some sense in this? There is a
great future for this section, of
course, and land will become more
valuable, but present prices should be
based on present conditions. An egg
will develop into a chicken but no one
will pay tiie value of a full-grown
chicken for an egg.?Asheville Ctti
FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1926 ffij
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE I
Mr. Editor:
As this the season for ounty poli-B
tics and a time when many of
citizens of the local sections are brc-H
ught to a period of thinking in tfc?B
terms of county government, I foifl
it is a time when all should think B
more about the affairs of the localB
government and how should it feB
managed. 1 take this method inB
writing to the political loaders an<B
especially to the Republican leaden
of the county, as I am one ant1
expressing the desires of many go^B
Republicans throughout the county. B
The question which is now before itrB
people is growing more each dayB
and chances will prove its value i:B
the minds of the people after ?
ber. Shall the people select their men I
by the means of a convention, where!
a few men run the county, or through!
the method of a primary, a method |
where many or the majority of the|
people rule? gj
1, and, many of the people of var.?
ious sections, would like to see th*H
men selected by a primary, a method|
where all may run and have a voice!
and put all their people and friend.*!
out and vote for them, instead of a?
few people who say indirectly to thc|
voters, you stay at home and we will!
select the men who are to represent!
the party in the fall election. ^
The office seekers who :n. pposed!
to a primary and in favor of a few?
men to select you. you are the type!
of men who the county tin n<-t careto!
control the affairs of the county. You!
are to seek office from a persona'!
standpoint and not from a Democratic!
method of filling the county officer.?
However, a convention is the method?
for shrewd men who know how to?
handle the ropes to pull the tide their?
way, while a primary gives each man?
the opportunity to get all votes pos-l
sibie and then when hi* number of?
votes are counted him and he knowil
whether the mass of people want niml
then he can be satisfied. When in il
convention he does not. know whether?
he was given the proper at tor Hon <t?
I would like to see a nr.mary anil
allow every man in the county to ail
allow him to vote for him: elf if he?
1 wants to, then allow him to work the?
| county for votes until he is satisfied.?
[Then wnen the fall election comes kl
will know the situation. w
I True Democracy is for the people,?
of the people, and by the people, ft
I am believing that people shouM?
look for men to run the affairs of the?
county, from men of character andg
auiuty una not from party views. I
also feel that new interest, or the oM
time interest that once existed in the
elections should be brought about
tvhen people are interested in the
elections and not for the party's sake.
This is my view point about out
county affairs while others see the
situation from the other side of the
river. Come, allow us to ha- a primary,
have a good time laughing it
the candidates, create a new intern:
in methods of elections, and save political
disturbance in the fall ? ectiou
Office seekers take warning for yo*
I own good.
Yours truly,
1 J. B. WRIGHT.
FARMS FOR SALE
350 acres in Murray County, Geoc
gia, CO acres in cultivation, .?0 ??
bottom, 30 acres red land, all gool
land. 45 acres bermuda grass p?
ture, balance in timber, will cut foo
or five hundred thousand feet o
lumber, 2 good barns, 2 dwelling
cribs, grainery and other buildiafl
1 good well, 1 spring on plave,
ture well watered, never goes dry
11-2 miles R. R. station, High Sdw
and Raptist Church, 2 1-2 miles h
Methodist Church, good Stat* Higk
way runs through farm. A baigijB
at $30 per acre if sold at once. Set
eral other farms for sale. Sec T. 8
FOSTER, Ramhurst, Ga.
By my announcement disapp*
ing in the Scout some thought tbst
had withdrawn from the race i
Register of Deeds, but such is W
me case, i am in the race to v
finish. Your suport and int'.uea
will be highly appreciated.
Yours very truly.
(5CMt-b) W. A. BOTl
FOR SALE]?A few good product!*
farms on the "Joe Brown
way" between Murphy, N. C., *
Sweetwater, Tenn. A'?so some in R
fertile Sweetwater Valley on the I*
Highway. These farms are priced*
sell. Write us if interested. Mat"
Realty Co., Box M., SweetwsM
Tenn. (51-2t*
NOTICE
I hereby announce myself *
Candidate for the Office of Shed
of Cherokee County, N. C., sabj*
to the Republican Primary and &
vention. All favors shown me
be appreciated.
This 7th day of June 1926.
(50*f) R. T. STILES.
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